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Friday, May 17, 2013
Registration to begin for HadEnough Youth Retreat

Be Well – And Be Transformed! is a weekend retreat  for high school youth and adult youth leaders.  Participants will have the opportunity to delve deeper into themselves and into holistic living aligned with Wesleyan concepts of personal and social holiness, accompanied by hands-on skills training on...

Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Midweek Meditations: "Man’s Tongue"

Step Ten.

Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.

 

Man’s Tongue


James 1:19-21, 26 and James 3:3-10, Holman Christian Standard Bible

Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Mental Health Month: Is Drug Addiction a Mental Illness?

For Mental Health Month, SPSARV will highlight each week the correlation between mental health and drug addiction for the monthlong observance.

Some have questioned whether drug addiction is a mental health illness. Indeed, The National Institute on Drug Abuse reports that compared with the general...

Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Midweek Meditations: "Living in Today"

Step Ten.

Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.

 

Living in Today

 

Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Older Adults Increasing Dealing with Substance Abuse and Mental Health Issues

The month of May marks the observance of Mental Health Month. A New York Times article sounded the alarm about a looming mental health crisis among older Americans.

Facing life changes in their golden years, older adults are increasingly abusing or addicted to alcohol, illicit drugs or prescription medications, yet their addiction often...

Wednesday, May 1, 2013
SPSARV Grant Application Deadline - June 15

The SPSARV Grant Program provides small seed grants to assist in starting or strengthening a substance abuse and/or related violence ministry. Grants are awarded to congregations, ministries, recovery groups, treatment centers, addiction awareness campaigns, counseling opportunities, and workshops. The next deadline for applying for grants is...

Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Midweek Meditations: "The Promises Attained During Amends Making Process"

Step Eight.

Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.

 

Step Nine.

Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.

 

Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Midweek Meditations: "Making Peace with Enemies"

Step Eight.

Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.

 

Step Nine.

Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.

 

Making Peace with Enemies

Proverbs 16:10...

Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Midweek Meditations: "Making Amends"

Step Eight.

Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.

 

Step Nine.

Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.

 

Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Midweek Meditations: "Striving for Humility"

Step 6.

Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.

 

Step 7.

Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.

 

Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Midweek Meditations: "Looking In The Mirror"

Step 6.

Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.

 

Step 7.

Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.

 

Looking In The Mirror

Luke 11:34-36

Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Midweek Meditations: "God as our Source of Strength against Temptation"

Step 6.

Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.

 

Step 7.

Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.

 

God as our Source of Strength against Temptation

James 1:13-18, New Century Version

Friday, March 22, 2013
Article Highlights Roundtable Meeting on Women and Violence with World Student Christian Federation Delegates

Read an article by Juliana Mecera, SPSARV's program associate, on a recent roundtable on various forms of violence with women delegates from the World Student Christian Federation.

The delegates from 10 different countries were in New York for the annual meeting of the...

Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Midweek Meditations: "Cleansing Through Confession"

Step Five.

Admitted to God, to ourselves and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.

 

Cleansing Through Confession

Matthew 3:1-6, New Century Version

Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Midweek Meditations: "Forgiveness"

Step Five.

Admitted to God, to ourselves and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.

 

Forgiveness

John 20:22-23

Then [Jesus] breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive anyone’s sins, they are forgiven. If you refuse to forgive...

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